Great new veggie products One of my most common moans is the lack of selection or availability of healthy items in shops and supermarkets. But things are definitely improving. I am passing through UK on the way home to Cape Town and found some great new products – all vegetarian, some vegan and/or organic. New …
Vegan and Organic restaurant in Rotterdam Sweet potato and ginger soup – Gare du Nord – Rotterdam One of the unfortunate things about boating is not having regular internet access. Which is the reason this post is late. On the other hand, the thing about travelling is finding new and exciting vegan restaurants. We were …
Pea and Potato Curry – vegan too Pea and Potato Curry Back in the kitchen at last. On my travels I bought a copy of the BBC Vegetarian Summer magazine. There are loads of recipes in this issue I want to try out, and make them vegan if possible. Here is my version of their …
Easy Vegetarian Veggie sausages and vegetarian bacon Still on the move. I passed briefly through London on my way back from working offshore, visiting my aged aunt. I had to take her shopping, and also put together a quick lunch. At the supermarket I was reminded of the large amount of vegetarian brands and products …
Delicious Ice-creems – raw and dairy free – and healthy Banana cashew nut ice-creem Another of my favourite concepts is the raw vegan ice-kreem, or whip. These are so easy to make as they usually have only one or two (probably three at the most) ingredients. For some of them, you might have to plan …
Green Smoothie – raw, vegan and healthy Healthy Green Smoothie Things don’t always go according to plan, and I have not been able to do as much proper cooking on the boat as I had hoped. But we still had to eat, so we did manage to make really tasty and healthy smoothies for breakfast, …
V-Bites vegan breakfast Travelling again so not much time in the kitchen lately. But travelling does give us the chance to try out vegan eateries. We took a weekend break in Brighton on the South Coast and before going, checked out Happy Cow V-Bites in Brighton There are a surprisingly large number of vegetarian restaurants there, …
Healthy snack – make your own Trail Mix Trail mix One of my latest discoveries since going a bit raw is the trail mix. You can buy it ready made, but I prefer to make up my own. We recently did a 3 day hike and I took some of this along. It is really …
Choc Mint Mousse Cake – raw and vegan and healthy Choc mint mousse cake – delicious – raw and vegan Finally this week, here is the recipe for this wickedly delicious choc mint mousse cake. This is the one we served at the last dinner party. See raw vegan sweetcorn chowder and smoked tofu steaks for the …
Smoked Tofu Steaks – vegan and healthy way to entertain Tofu steaks with raw mango chutney In last week’s post, I gave the recipe for the starter (raw sweetcorn chowder) at our last dinner party. Now for the main course, which was smoked tofu steaks with a raw mango chutney, sweet potato chips and salads. …
